Former US national security adviser John Bolton BERLIN, Mar 19 John Bolton, who served as National Security Adviser to the President of the United States in the administration of the 45th American leader, Donald Trump, considered it a «big mistake» that the statements of the American authorities that preceded the Russian special operation to demilitarize Ukraine that Western troops would not intervene in the situation were «a big mistake.» months, the United States and NATO, and from the very beginning, President Joe Biden, have repeatedly stressed that there will be no intervention of Western troops in Ukraine,» Bolton said in an interview with the German media group Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND), adding that such statements were «big mistake». Biden said nothing in recent months in response to a question about the possible deployment of Western troops, it would be better for the security of Ukraine and for world peace,» Bolton said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. Russia used «Dagger» in Ukraine, provocation in Lvov
